Selecting The Sync Speed/Sync Speed Range - Leica M-E Anleitung

Selecting the sync speed/sync speed range

While the shutter speed used has no bearing on the
control of the flash exposure (because the flash dura-
tion is very much less than this), the reproduction of
the available light is very strongly influenced by the
shutter speed and by the aperture setting. In many
situations, setting the fastest possible shutter speed
for flash operation, the sync speed, will unnecessarily
lead to a more or less strong underexposure of all
subject parts not illuminated by the flash.
The Leica M-E allows you to combine flash operation
with the shutter speed generated in aperture priority
mode to subtly change the lighting conditions for the
respective subject to suit your compositional ideas.
You can choose from five settings:
1. Lens dependent
Automatic control of the shutter speed depending
on the focal length used (as a rule of thumb, for non-
blurred pictures when holding the camera in the
hand = / , e.g. / s with the Summicron-M
1 1
Focal length 60
50 mm f/2) up to the sync speed
2. OFF (1/180 s)
Fixed setting to the fastest possible shutter speed
of / s, e.g. for the sharpest possible reproduc-
1
180
tion of moving subjects and the illuminating flash.
Only when using Leica M lenses with 6-bit coding in the bayonet
1
and lens identification enabled in the menu (see p. 102/124/119)
3. down to 1/30s, 4. down to 1/8s and 5. down to 32 s
Automatic control of all shutter speeds from the
specified value to the sync speed
Notes:
1 / s. 1 • With manual exposure control, all shutter speeds up
180
to the sync speed
• When using the snapshot profile (see p. 102/141),
with coded lenses (see p. 110) the lens-specific
control is a fixed setting, with non-coded lenses the
setting is
Setting the function
1. In the main menu (see p. 102/119), select Auto
Slow Sync (4.1.17) and
2. the desired option in the sub-menu.
/ s.
1
180
1 / s can also be set.
180
1 / s.
180
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